In Psalm 109, David makes his feelings known to God in no
uncertain terms. “Wicked and deceitful men” (verse 2) have done him great wrong
and he urges God to punish them. Although righteous anger is no bad thing in
the short term, it seems that David has allowed his resentment to fester and it
is consuming him. As I write, we are considering forgiveness in the “Freedom in
Christ” course – in particular forgiving from the heart. What I have learned
anew is that forgiveness is an act of will and it has nothing to do with
feelings. In contrast with what is consuming David in this Psalm, we must
realize that God is the ultimate judge and that he will judge everyone justly.
This is a big relief for Christians. Of course we want to see justice be seen
to be done now for evil in this world but we can be assured that God is the
ultimate judge and will punish those who are evil. In the very last verse of
Isaiah 48 we are reminded that “there is no peace for the wicked”.
(written by member of a
homegroup)